5:02 PM,
Jul. 30, 2013

Written by

Jason Riley
jriley@courier-journal.com

A judge said Tuesday she wants to hear from the Attorney General's office before deciding whether a state law exempting spouses from testifying against each other applies to two women in a civil union from Vermont.

"You are asking me to make this decision on a constitutional amendment," Jefferson Circuit Court Judge Susan Schultz Gibson said, adding that the attorney general's office should be given a chance to respond. "I don't think there is anybody that would argue this isn't an extremely important issue."

The case has become the first legal test in the state over forcing same-sex ...